EP1598567A1 - Verfahren zum Zusammenbau einer Pressniete und Pressniete hergestellt durch ein solches Verfahren - Google Patents

Verfahren zum Zusammenbau einer Pressniete und Pressniete hergestellt durch ein solches Verfahren Download PDF

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EP1598567A1
EP1598567A1 EP05354020A EP05354020A EP1598567A1 EP 1598567 A1 EP1598567 A1 EP 1598567A1 EP 05354020 A EP05354020 A EP 05354020A EP 05354020 A EP05354020 A EP 05354020A EP 1598567 A1 EP1598567 A1 EP 1598567A1
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Philippe Gory
Candide Dardel
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B33/00—Features common to bolt and nut
    • F16B33/008—Corrosion preventing means
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B19/00—Bolts without screw-thread; Pins, including deformable elements; Rivets
    • F16B19/04—Rivets; Spigots or the like fastened by riveting
    • F16B19/08—Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets
    • F16B19/10—Hollow rivets; Multi-part rivets fastened by expanding mechanically
    • F16B19/1027—Multi-part rivets
    • F16B19/1036—Blind rivets
    • F16B19/1045—Blind rivets fastened by a pull - mandrel or the like
    • F16B19/1072—Blind rivets fastened by a pull - mandrel or the like the pull-mandrel or the like comprising a thread and being rotated with respect to the rivet, thereby mechanically expanding and fastening the rivet
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B33/00—Features common to bolt and nut
    • F16B33/02—Shape of thread; Special thread-forms

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  • the invention relates to a method for assembling the components of a dowel crimp in a support, the crimping stud comprising a threaded cylindrical rod, terminated by a head, and a socket, connected to the threaded rod by deformation and successively comprising an assembly zone of the socket on the rod threaded, in contact with the head, a chambering zone, intended for training a crimping bead of the stud, and a support flange, the threaded rod having, opposite the assembly area, a knurled part by a plurality of longitudinal grooves.
  • the invention also relates to a crimp pin obtained by such a method assembly.
  • a crimping stud is a stud intended to be secured by crimping in a thin support.
  • the support can be of any kind, in particular metal or plastic.
  • the material of the crimp pin can be selected from steel, stainless steel, aluminum and brass.
  • the crimp pin 1 is conventionally consisting of two components, a threaded rod 2 and a socket 3.
  • the threaded rod 2 may comprise a head 4 and the sleeve 3, in contact with the head 4, is consisting of a flange 5 and a barrel 6.
  • the flange 5 of the sleeve 3 can be of any kind, for example flat, milled, elliptical or polygonal, and the barrel 6 can be of any type, for example cylindrical, smooth, knurled, hexagonal or semi-hexagonal.
  • the bushing 3 is connected to the threaded rod 2, for example by crimping.
  • the crimp pin 1 is then divided into four distinct zones, namely a threaded zone 7 formed on the part of the rod 2 projecting out of the bushing 3, the flange 5, a chambering zone 8 and an assembly zone 9.
  • the threaded zone 7 represents the functional part of the stud 1 after crimping on a support 14 (FIG. 4) and must be sufficiently strong to be able to undergo without deformation the loads applied to a standard nut screwed onto the stem 2.
  • the flange 5 is intended to come into contact with the support 14 (FIG. which stud 1 will be installed and serve as support for another room, which will be subsequently assembled on the medium via, for example, a nut.
  • the chambering zone 8 or crimping zone, is intended to deform under the action of an axial force applied to the sleeve 3 via the Threaded rod 7. It must be sufficiently plastic and ductile to deform symmetrical way, without breaking, under a load adjusted according to the diameter of the thread of the rod 2 and the nature of the material constituting the stud Crimp 1. As shown in Figure 4, the chambering zone 8 is transforms, after deformation, into a crimping bead 15, which pinches the support 14 against the flange 5, thus ensuring the maintenance of the stud 1 on the support 14.
  • the assembly zone 9 represents the connection zone between the sleeve 3 and the rod Threaded 2 of the crimping pin 1. It must make it possible to guarantee the mechanical strength crimp pin 1 in use. The assembly of the sleeve 3 on the threaded rod 2 must therefore be as resistant as possible.
  • a first known assembly technique is to weld the sleeve 3 on the rod 2, at the assembly zone 9, before carrying out a treatment surface finish, including anti-corrosion treatment, on the crimp pin 1.
  • the stud 1 does not have good performance characteristics. corrosion, because the rod 2 and the sleeve 3 were assembled before being treated. Moreover, the welding process attenuates the mechanical performance of the stud 1.
  • Threaded rod 2 then has a groove and the material of the sleeve 3 is inserted into this groove for locking the sleeve 3 in translation and in rotation.
  • the document FR-A-2699617 describes a crimping stud constituted a socket screwed to a threaded element.
  • the two components of the stud are crimped by rotating knobs.
  • the threaded element has a groove and the crimping causes the appearance of a crimping ring, intended for Rotate the bushing on the threaded element.
  • the dress Mechanical socket on the threaded element is not optimal.
  • US Pat. No. 4,007,659 describes another technique for assembling components of the crimp stud.
  • the fastening of the socket on the threaded rod is achieved by the complementary shape of the lower end of the socket and of the corresponding part of the stem.
  • a knurled part on the stem fills with material for ensure the holding of the sleeve relative to the rod.
  • the outfit mechanics of a stud assembled according to this method is not optimal, the quality of the components of the stud depending on the operation of crimping on the support.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks and is intended to method of assembling the components of a crimp pin to obtain a crimping pin with optimal mechanical holding in rotation and in extraction, while being independent of the crimping operation of the stud on the support.
  • this object is achieved with a method of assembly and a stud at crimp according to the appended claims.
  • the goal is reached, plus in particular, in that the longitudinal grooves are made on the threading the rod, so as to form a plurality of helical grooves, and in that the assembly of the bushing on the threaded rod is carried out by a shrinking method, before crimping in said support.
  • the crimping stud 1 is conventionally constituted of a threaded rod 2, completed by the head 4, and the sleeve 3, comprising the support flange 5, the chambering zone 8, intended to become a crimping bead, and the assembly zone 9, in contact with the head 4 of the threaded rod 2.
  • the stud 1 thus comprises successively four distinct zones, namely the zone threaded 7, which is its functional part in use, the collar 5, the zone of 8 and the assembly area 9.
  • the sleeve 3 is connected to the threaded rod 2 by deformation at the level of the assembly zone 9.
  • the head 4 of the threaded rod 2 preferably comprises a chamfer 13 of shape substantially frustoconical, also called cone of entry.
  • Chamfer 13 facilitates the introduction of the stud 1 in a support.
  • the diameter of the head 4 of the stem 2 is substantially identical to that of the assembly zone 9 of the sleeve 3, after deformation of the sleeve 3 on the threaded rod 2.
  • the head 4 prevents the bushing 3 from the head 4 thus guarantees an anti-extraction effect.
  • the threaded rod 2 and the sleeve 3 are made of a material chosen from steel, stainless steel, aluminum or brass.
  • the socket 3 can be, for example, to flat, milled, elliptical or polygonal head and cylindrical, knurled, hexagonal or semi-hexagonal.
  • the sleeve 3 preferably has a knurled barrel or hexagonal, so that the chambering zone 8 prevents the rotation of the bushing 3 in the support 14 (FIG. 4), after crimping of the stud 1.
  • the rod 2 threaded over its entire length comprises a knurled portion 10, consisting of a plurality of grooves 11, made on the thread of the rod 2, so as to form a plurality of helical grooves.
  • the grooves 11 are all parallel to the axis A-A of the threaded rod 2.
  • the knurled portion 10 is located opposite the zone 9 of the socket 3 and may extend under part of the zone chamber 8 of the socket 3.
  • the helical grooves constituted by the characteristic interlacing of the threading of the rod 2 and longitudinal grooves 11, have the role of optimizing the assembly of the sleeve 3 on the threaded rod 2.
  • the longitudinal grooves 11 guarantee an anti-rotation effect of the bushing 3 on the threaded rod 2 and the helical grooves guarantee an anti-extraction effect of the sleeve 3.
  • the knurled portion 10 thus guarantees a good mechanical strength of the stud 1 in use.
  • the threaded rod 2 also comprises a groove 12, made between the head 4 and the knurled portion 10 of the threaded rod 2.
  • the function of the groove 12 is to improve the assembly of the sleeve 3 on the threaded rod 2 and to guarantee an anti-extraction effect threaded rod 2.
  • the method of manufacturing the crimp stud 1 is to manufacture separately the threaded rod 2 and the sleeve 3, to apply a surface treatment to them, anti-corrosion treatment, and then to assemble them by deformation.
  • the assembly of the sleeve 3 on the threaded rod 2 can be performed by a necking method, for example by crimping, by stamping or hammering.
  • the crimp pin 1 thus obtained is a ready product in use, which shows good resistance to corrosion, as both constituent components, namely the threaded rod 2 and the sleeve 3, were treated separately.
  • the method of assembling the bushing 3 on the threaded rod 2 is made of preferably, by a stamping technique.
  • Sleeve 3 is crimped by two dies on the threaded rod 2 in one or more operations, at angles to reduce the outside diameter of the bushing 3.
  • the material constituting the sleeve 3 penetrates, on the one hand, in the knurled portion 10 of the threaded rod 2 and, on the other hand, fills the groove 12 under the head 4 of the threaded rod 2 ( Figure 2).
  • This operation The purpose of hardening is to harden the assembly zone 9.
  • the material hardened and the particular design of the threaded rod 2 and the knurled portion 10 sufficient to obtain a mechanical assembly which is very resistant to rotation and extraction of the two constituent components of the stud 1.
  • the method of assembling the components of the crimp pin 1 is carried out before the crimping of the stud 1 on the support 14, to ensure a mechanical strength optimal at the stud 1.
  • the stud 1 is crimped on the support 14.
  • the chambering zone 8 has turned into a crimping bead, which serves to keep the stud 1 on the support 14.
  • the support 14 is therefore maintained between the bead 15 and the support flange 5.
  • the knurled portion 10 of the threaded rod 2 preferably has a height H corresponding approximately to distance separating the groove 12 from the threaded rod 2 of the support 14, after crimping
  • the height H must not under any circumstances extend below of the collar 5 after crimping, that is to say on the part functional of the stud 1.
  • the crimping stud 1 thus has the following advantages. After the assembly of the sleeve 3 on the threaded rod 2, before crimping on the support 14, the stud 1 is a finished product, ready to pack, because the anti-corrosion treatment has been done beforehand. In addition, the shrinkage performed for the assembly of the sleeve 3 on the rod 2 facilitates the introduction of the stud 1 into the predetermined dwellings of the applications specific to each client, especially in the case of automatic installation of the stud 1.
  • the stamping assembly results in a mechanical strength greater than one assembly by welding or any other localized crimping principle, with minimal dispersion and variability.
  • the installation of the stud 1 on the support 14 is better because assembly area 9 is more resistant to pose.
  • the assembly of the components of the stud 1 being made before crimping on the support 14, the stud 1 is not likely to be damaged by crimping on the support 14.
  • the mechanical strength of the stud 1 is optimized, thanks to the groove 12 and the knurled portion 10, made on the thread of the rod 2 in look at the assembly area 9.
  • the crimp pin 1 is particularly suitable for the automotive industry, which wish to use crimp pins with the advantages described above, namely a good resistance to corrosion and good mechanical resistance to solicitations.

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FR2699617A1 (fr) * 1992-12-21 1994-06-24 Simaf Insert à douille et élément fileté.
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FR2699617A1 (fr) * 1992-12-21 1994-06-24 Simaf Insert à douille et élément fileté.
EP0945631A2 (de) * 1998-03-23 1999-09-29 Emhart Inc. Befestigungsvorrichtung

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WO2012017143A1 (fr) * 2010-08-05 2012-02-09 Bollhoff Otalu S.A. Dispositif à élément sphérique à sertir, procédé de sertissage et système de sertissage
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